BOSTON (AP) - Derek Lowe has been booed off the field at Fenway Park, too.

So as much sympathy as he had for Boston starter Josh Beckett on Thursday night, Lowe was happy to be in the other dugout as the Cleveland Indians rolled to an 8-3 win.

``When you play here, you understand that's part of it,' said Lowe, a member of the Red Sox 2004 World Series championship club. ``When you go out there and probably don't pitch the way you'd like, they're going to let you know about it.'

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Boston fans were so focused on Beckett, who played golf last week a day after he was scratched from his scheduled start with a sore lat muscle in his back, they seemed to have little energy for the Indians.

Jack Hannahan hit a two-run homer and Jason Kipnis had a solo shot off Beckett, whose return to the rotation couldn't have gone much worse. Beckett (2-4) gave up seven runs on seven hits and walked two in 2 1-3 innings as Cleveland built a 7-1 lead.

Michael Brantley went 4 for 5 with two RBIs for the Indians.

Lowe (5-1) pitched six effective innings against his former team, allowing two runs and nine hits with one walk and three strikeouts. He was as solid as he needed to be with the Indians' offense taking full advantage of Beckett's struggles.

``You can't ask for any better start than getting seven runs in the first three innings,' Lowe said. ``I did my best to try to give them back.'

Dustin Pedroia extended his hitting streak to 11 with a leadoff homer in the seventh, cutting Cleveland's lead to 7-3. But that did little to lift the somber mood at Fenway Park as Red Sox fans watched their team lose for the 11th time in its last 12 home games.

Boston, last in the AL East at 12-19, has dropped eight of nine overall.

Beckett, who has a 5.97 ERA, was booed just a few hours after manager Bobby Valentine downplayed the uproar over the pitcher's golf outing.

Word surfaced Wednesday that Beckett had hit the links with his sore lat and fans jeered him early and often as the Indians teed off for seven runs before the third inning was over.

It's not the first time Beckett's off-the-field decisions and commitment to the team have come into question.

After last season, it was revealed that he was among a group of pitchers who ate fried chicken and drank beer in the clubhouse during games on days they didn't pitch.

In his postgame interview Thursday, Beckett grew more terse each time his golf outing was mentioned.

``We get 18 off days a year,' he said. ``I think we deserve a little bit of time to ourselves.'

The first homer was Hannahan's two-run shot into the Boston bullpen, where a few relievers got up and started stretching their arms as it became apparent Beckett would not be out there for long.

It got worse in the fourth when Kipnis led off with a homer, Asdrubal Cabrera singled and Travis Hafner walked. Beckett got a mock cheer when Carlos Santana flied out for the first out of the inning, but the boos came right back when Shin-Soo Choo followed with a double.

``We've seen some games when we've been dominated by him,' Cleveland manager Manny Acta said. ``Today the guys just came out swinging. We got into some good counts and hit some mistakes pretty good.'

Brantley was up next and one fan yelled ``FORE!' when he lined a foul ball down the right-field line, but all the chuckles quickly subsided when Brantley doubled to left-center. It was the second straight double for the Indians, ending Beckett's night.

Fans cheered when Valentine came out of the dugout and immediately signaled to the bullpen for lefty Andrew Miller.

There wasn't much to cheer for again until Pedroia came up with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth, but he popped out to second on the 41st pitch of the inning by Vinny Pestano.

NOTES: The Red Sox paid tribute before the game to public address announcer Carl Beane, a day after he died after having a heart attack while driving. The Red Sox went without a PA announcer during the game as part of the tribute, which also featured a moment of silence after a series of still photos were shown on the center-field monitor. ... It was Brantley's fourth four-hit game, tying his career high. ... Lowe made his second appearance at Fenway since he helped Boston win the 2004 World Series.

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